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. 2021 Jun 1;13(6):1905. doi: 10.3390/nu13061905

Table 2.

Energy, macro- and micronutrients intake (median (IQR)) during observation and semi-controlled diet periods in young and older men.

YA OA p-Value
(Wilcoxon 1)
p-Value (Wald Test) a
OB Phase SC Phase OB Phase SC Phase Baseline OA vs. YA Age Effect Diet Effect Interaction
Energy and macronutrients
 Energy, kcal/d 2321 (2021, 2465) 1693 (1319, 1889) * 2433 (2227, 2588) 2000 (1868, 2564) *# 0.583 0.101 <0.001 0.031
 Energy, kJ/d 9710 (8454, 10,314) 7081 (5519, 7901) * 10,178 (9316, 10,827) 8367 (7815, 10,726) *# 0.583 0.101 <0.001 0.031
 Total Fat, g/d 86.1 (74.4, 99.8) 51.2 (36.5, 70.9) * 92.2 (84.7, 98.9) 73.4 (69.8, 95.6) *# 0.616 0.112 <0.001 0.018
 Fat, %E 34.5 (32.9, 37.0) 29.9 (24.5, 33.3) * 35.1 (32.3, 36.1) 32.2 (30.3, 34.6) * 0.867 0.574 <0.001 0.342
 SFA, g/d 35.3 (29.6, 40.0) 12.6 (8.0, 14.5) * 35.6 (27.3, 45.9) 14.0 (11.5, 18.3) * 0.650 0.173 <0.001 0.211
 SFA, % of total fat 40.4 (35.2, 41.5) 22.4 (20.8, 24.6) * 41.0 (35.2, 43.9) 19.6 (18.4, 21.9) * 0.830 0.529 <0.001 0.192
 MUFA, g/d 27.3 (24.5, 32.2) 24.0 (14.4, 32.4) 31.4 (26.3, 36.9) 37.5 (30.0, 42.8) # 0.350 0.049 0.723 0.018
 MUFA, % of total fat 32.0 (30.9, 34.3) 45.1 (39.7, 46.0) * 34.1 (32.4, 37.8) 46.0 (42.7, 50.0) * 0.076 0.044 <0.001 0.871
 PUFA, g/d 10.7 (7.8, 12.2) 9.4 (6.0, 11.5) 12.3 (9.6, 14.1) 11.6 (8.9, 14.7) 0.280 0.187 0.435 0.854
 PUFA, % of total fat 10.9 (9.3, 15.1) 17.7 (15.3, 22.1) * 13.5 (11.3, 14.4) 15.7 (13.2, 19.4) * 0.185 0.869 <0.001 0.085
 Carbohydrate, g/d 214.3 (195.2, 270.0) 184.4 (163.3, 253.1) * 240.9 (230.5, 256.8) 252.5 (199.6, 287.4) # 0.302 0.124 0.041 0.019
 Carbohydrate, %E 41.8 (35.2, 43.9) 48.3 (41.9, 52.0) * 42.8 (39.5, 44.0) 50.1 (47.2, 51.5) * 0.830 0.590 <0.001 0.761
 Protein, g/d 100.1 (83.7, 115.2) 76.6 (62.2, 99.2) * 94.5 (75.7, 105.0) 85.9 (64.2, 97.1) * 0.259 0.587 <0.001 0.313
 Protein, %E 17.4 (16.1, 19.3) 20.8 (18.2, 22.5) * 15.4 (14.1, 16.3) # 15.9 (13.8, 16.2) # 0.033 0.002 0.140 0.236
 Starch, g/d 100.0 (80.9, 110.0) 71.8 (54.0, 110.0) * 102.8 (85.5, 127.6) 78.2 (60.3, 114.7) 0.430 0.607 0.002 0.745
 Sugars, g/d 89.9 (76.7, 101.5) 89.4 (61.9, 101.1) 93.5 (83.5, 100.2) 98.9 (92.7, 116.8) 0.458 0.179 0.231 0.089
 Alcohol, g/d 10.2 (2.1, 18.6) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) * 13.3 (4.8, 32.3) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) * 0.905 0.878 <0.001 0.975
 Alcohol, %E 3.3 (0.6, 5.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) * 3.7 (1.0, 8.0) 0.0 (0.0, 0.0) * 0.830 0.907 <0.001 0.970
 Water, g 2594 (2005, 2900) 2299 (2069, 2844) 2314 (1962, 2645) 2101 (1864, 2682) 0.402 0.466 0.359 0.909
 Fibre, g/d 19.5 (16.8, 21.9) 19.5 (16.7, 22.2) 21.9 (19.9, 28.0) 26.8 (17.1, 31.0) 0.068 0.063 0.684 0.841
 Cholesterol, mg/d 355 (282, 479) 262 (195, 343) 323 (267, 435) 335 (297, 369) 0.458 0.778 0.040 0.115
Minerals & trace elements
 Na, mg/d 2571 (2246, 2901) 887 (684, 1151) * 2482 (2309, 2622) 1152 (871, 1615) * 0.943 0.245 <0.001 0.122
 K, mg/d 2932 (2462, 3513) 2529 (2151, 3257) 3186 (3132, 3605) 2873 (2502, 3236) * 0.259 0.346 0.001 0.695
 Mg, mg/d 302 (268, 383) 251 (209, 311) * 347 (292, 395) 324 (236, 420) 0.375 0.221 0.001 0.514
 P, mg/d 1456 (1182, 1562) 1055 (762, 1144) * 1302 (1240, 1448) 999 (801, 1190) * 0.302 0.836 <0.001 0.289
 Ca, mg/d 1071 (830, 1261) 399 (350, 607) * 1032 (900, 1137) 498 (415, 664) * 0.756 0.435 <0.001 0.044
 Fe, mg/d 11.9 (9.5, 14.0) 9.1 (6.6, 12.1) * 12.3 (10.9, 13.6) 11.3 (9.3, 12.2) * 0.650 0.323 0.001 0.525
Vitamins
 Vitamin A, µg RE/d 773 (559, 1093) 778 (392, 831) 1281 (870, 1590) # 850 (746, 1414) 0.022 0.031 0.103 0.400
 Vitamin B1, mg/d 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 1.1 (0.8, 1.2) * 1.2 (1, 1.3) 1.1 (0.9, 1.2) 0.239 0.637 0.001 0.068
 Vitamin B2, mg/d 2.0 (1.6, 2.1) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) * 1.8 (1.7, 2.1) 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) * 0.905 0.471 <0.001 0.177
 Vitamin B3 mg/d 19.7 (15.8, 22.8) 23.5 (16.5, 26.4) 17.6 (14.5, 22.5) 19.0 (14.9, 23.4) 0.488 0.251 0.090 0.396
 Vitamin B5, mg/d 6.1 (5.5, 7.1) 4.7 (3.9, 6.0) * 5.6 (4.6, 6.5) 4.6 (4.2, 6.2) 0.350 0.696 0.001 0.312
 Vitamin B6, mg/d 1.9 (1.6, 2.3) 2.0 (1.7, 2.3) 1.6 (1.5, 2.3) 2.0 (1.7, 2.3) 0.488 0.514 0.090 0.804
 Vitamin B9, µg/d 308.9 (260.7, 356.7) 272.3 (219.7, 386.2) 375.0 (329.9, 390.3) # 336.7 (257.8, 441.8) 0.025 0.079 0.201 0.704
 Vitamin B12, µg/d 4.7 (4.0, 8.0) 4.3 (3.2, 4.9) * 5.8 (4.2, 14.2) 9.5 (6.5, 12.5) # 0.302 0.007 0.950 0.056
 Vitamin C, mg/d 62.7 (45.7, 98.4) 105.1 (51.1, 182.9) 95.2 (81.5, 114.9) 133.0 (98.4, 156.0) * 0.085 0.142 0.001 0.993
 Vitamin D, µg/d 4.2 (3.4, 5.4) 3.3 (2.2, 3.8) 4.2 (3.6, 5.1) 5.0 (3.1, 6.1) 0.943 0.235 0.159 0.209
 Vitamin E, mg/d 9.7 (9.5, 11.7) 13.5 (10.6, 16.3) * 12.0 (10.5, 13.5) 18.1 (14.0, 23.8) * 0.116 0.082 <0.001 0.520

Differences in age group at baseline were assessed by a non-paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test (p-value < 0.05) (Wilcoxon 1); * Significant difference between periods (diet effect, p-value < 0.05) by paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test (Wilcoxon 2); # Significant difference between groups (age effect, p-value < 0.05) by non-paired Wilcoxon signed-rank test (Wilcoxon 3); a p-value calculated by Wald Chi-Squared test, statistical significance is indicated in bold when p-value < 0.05. Ca: calcium; %E: percent of total energy; Fe: iron; IQR: interquartile range; K: potassium; Mg: magnesium; MUFA: Monounsaturated fatty acids; Na: sodium; OA: older adult men; OB: observation; P: phosphorus; PUFA: Polyunsaturated fatty acids; SC: semi-controlled diet; SFA: Saturated fatty acids; YA: young adult men.